Reducing dust using the electrocautery pencil with suction combined with the infusion catheter in mastectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 808-811

  Hou, Ming Feng ^a   Lin, Gau Tyan ^a   Tang, Chao Shun ^a   Chu, Ying Lan ^a   Liu, Hsiu Chin ^a   Huang, Tsung Jen ^a   Chao, Yu Ying ^a   Yang, Chun Yuh ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREAST CANCER; CAUTERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DUST; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPERATION DURATION; SUCTION; SURGEON; VAPORIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; DUST; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; SUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036731548     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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